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Big Twist &The Mellow Fellows
Larry "Big Twist" Nolan heartily epitomized the image "300 pounds of heavenly joy." Based in Chicago, the huge singer and his trusty R&B band, the Mellow Fellows, were one of the hottest draws on the Midwestern college circuit…
Continue Reading »Vizztone artist: Long Tall Deb - Raise Your Hands - New Release review
I just received the debut release, Raise Your Hands, by Long Tall Deb (Deb Landolt). Deb opens the release with What Would a Good Woman Do, a soul strut featuring a vocal duet with Phil Pemberton and guitar…
Continue Reading »Tracer to release new album "El Pistolero"
Mascot Records (a division of the Mascot Label Group) is pleased to confirm the highly anticipated second album from Australia’s award-winning powerhouse band TRACER. The new album, "El Pistolero" will be released in the UK and the rest…
Continue Reading »Robert Pete Williams
Robert Pete Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980) was an American Louisiana blues musician. His music characteristically employed unconventional blues tunings and structures, and his songs are often about the time he served in prison. His…
Continue Reading »Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist. She was most well known for working with her husband, Stanley Turrentine, and with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, both saxophonists. She was…
Continue Reading »Shiny Stockings - Sonny Cohn w/ Count Basie
George T. "Sonny" Cohn (March 14, 1925 – November 7, 2006) was an American jazz trumpeter. After working for fifteen years with Red Saunders (1945–1960), he went on to spend another 24 years in Count Basie's trumpet section…
Continue Reading »St. James Infirmary Blues - Danny Barker
Danny Barker (January 13, 1909 – March 13, 1994), born Daniel Moses Barker, was a jazz banjoist, singer, guitarist, songwriter, ukelele player and author from New Orleans, founder of the locally famous Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band. He…
Continue Reading »The Sun Is Rising - Poor Bob
source: liner notes of Sunnyland KS 101 Poor Bob Woodfork born March 13, 1925 LAKE VILLAGE, Arkansas died May 3, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois (vcl/gtr), Henry Gray (pno), Buddy Guy (gtr), Mighty Joe Young (gtr), Willie Dixon (bs),…
Continue Reading »Matchbox Blues - Melvin Taylor
Melvin Taylor (born March 13, 1959 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States) is an American electric blues guitarist, based in Chicago, Illinois. Born in Mississippi, Taylor relocated to Chicago in 1962. In his adolescence, Taylor joined The Transistors, a…
Continue Reading »Blind Pig artists: The Cash Box Kings - Black Toppin' - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Black Toppin' from The Cash Box Kings and it's super! Opening with Blues Falling Down On Me, Joe Nosek takes the lead on vocals and is chased by Joel Paterson with some…
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